Guillermo has recently moved to the united states, but has decided to live in a part of chicago that is very similar to his native philippines. he does not embrace or involve himself in american culture any more than is absolutely necessary. guillermo is experiencing marginalization from the majority culture of his new home.

False

Explanation:

Guillermo is currently living in an area that is similar to his native Philippines and is involved in the American culture enough to understand the way of livings and other such things. Here, Guillermo has made an informed choice to stay in a specific area. Marginalization means to be side lined or to be left out by the majority group when one is trying to get involved or to be a part of that culture or group. Hence, Guillermo is not experiencing any marginalization or discrimination from the majority culture in this case and the statement is false.

when the united states took over

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.